First record of the twostripe goby, Valenciennea helsdingenii (Gobiidae, Gobiiformes) from the southeast coast of India

Authors: K, Kannan DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.323.5440 Published: Jan. 1, 2013 Source: ZooKeys OpenAlex: View in OpenAlex

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Gobiidae · Topics: Identification and Quantification in Food, Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, Ichthyology and Marine Biology

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Two specimens of Valenciennea helsdingenii (Bleeker, 1858) were collected off Punnakayal coast, from Gulf of Mannar, southeast coast of India in November 2012. The morphometric and meristic characters of the recorded specimens are described and discussed. This is the first record of the species from the Indian waters that is a range extension of its known range within the Indian Ocean.

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